The federal government has designated six Louisiana parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas resulting from excessive rain and flooding, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said.
The weather occurred April 1 through June 30, Strain said in a news release. The designation is based on multiple disasters that affected 33 Mississippi counties as the primary disaster area, he said.
The contiguous parishes affected are: Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Madison, Tensas and West Feliciana.
Strain said farmers and ranchers located in those parishes are eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency, provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible areas have eight months from the disaster declaration date to apply for the emergency loans.
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